Vocabulary
Ancient Egyptians believed this was the life that continued after a person died.
What is the afterlife?
This was the most common job in ancient Egypt.
What is farming?
The people considered this ruler to be a god.
Who is the pharaoh?
This ancient Egyptian writing system (see image) used pictures and symbols to represent words, sounds, or ideas.
What are hieroglyphics?
In this system, the title of pharaoh was passed down to a younger relative or another chosen successor.
What is a dynasty?
Ancient Egyptians made this preserved body by drying it with natron, wrapping it in linen, and placing it in a tomb.
What is a mummy?
This river is often called the "lifeblood" of Egypt.
What is the Nile River?
This Egyptian concept described cosmic harmony and balance on Earth and throughout the universe.
What is ma’at?
Scholars used this artifact to decode hieroglyphics because it contained the same statement in hieroglyphics and Greek.
What is the Rosetta Stone?
These were the three periods when Egypt’s government was strong and stable.
What are the Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, and New Kingdom?
The northern part of Egypt was especially fertile because the Nile divided into several branches and formed this landform before reaching the Mediterranean Sea.
What is the Nile Delta?
Ancient Egyptians settled near this northern landform because its rich soil was excellent for agriculture.
What is the Nile Delta?
These figures were responsible for the care and management of Egypt's temples, including perform rituals, funerals, and care for god statues.
What are the priests?
The Egyptians invented this early writing material from a tall plant that grew plentifully along the Nile.
What is papyrus?
This artifact (see image) was a crown that symbolized the unity of Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt.
What is the crown symbolizing the unity of Upper and Lower Egypt?
This ruler was considered both a political leader and a religious figure who was responsible for maintaining order in Egypt.
What is a pharaoh?
Egyptians lived along the Nile because they lived in a desert and could not depend on this for their crops.
What is rainfall?
Akhenaten changed Egypt’s traditional polytheistic religion by outlawing the worship of many gods and replacing it with the worship of this god.
Who is Aten?
Ancient Egyptians eventually stopped building pyramids because pyramids were expensive to build and were targeted by these people.
Who are tomb robbers?
The Middle Kingdom ended when Egypt was overpowered by this group from Southwest Asia, who used chariots and bronze weapons.
Who were the Hyksos?
These rocky rapids along the Nile made travel difficult and helped separate different regions of ancient Nubia and Egypt.
What are cataracts?
Lower Egypt was in the northern half of Egypt, while this kingdom was in the southern half.
What is Upper Egypt?
During mummification, this salt was used to dry out the body.
What is natron?
Name both the Old Kingdom pharaoh buried at Giza and the pyramid structure that served as his tomb.
Who is Khufu, and what is the Great Pyramid of Giza?
This second-in-command supervised the courts, tax collections, pyramid construction, and government officials
Who is the vizier?